Historic Moment! Human genetic code cracked by Google AI, new DeepMind work on Nature
Early this morning, AlphaGenome, an AI genome model developed by a team led by Demis Hassabis, the 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and CEO of Google DeepMind, was featured on the cover of the latest issue of the top journal Nature (Nature...
Ali Releases Qwen3-Max-Thinking Reasoning Model with International Leadership in Several Performance Areas
Not waiting for GPT-5.3, Gemini 3.5, this week's big model release wave was first by Ali “jumped the gun”! Last night, Ali launched Qwen3-Max-Thinking, which is the flagship reasoning model with the strongest capability of Ali's Thousand Questions series, with 19 authoritative benchmarks...
Wenxin 5.0 official version released, dominated the LMArena “strongest liberal arts students” in the end strong?
Recently, at the Wenxin Moment conference, the official version of Wenxin Big Model 5.0 was launched. It is said that the model parameter count reaches 2.4 trillion, adopts native full-modal unified modeling technology, has full-modal comprehension and generation capability, and supports input and output of text, image, audio, video and other kinds of information. ...
AI voice tech firm ElevenLabs to launch new funding round, valuation may climb to $11 billion
According to a Jan. 17 report by the Financial Times, AI voice startup ElevenLabs is in talks for a new round of financing, with its latest valuation expected to reach $11 billion (roughly Rs. 76.6 billion), nearly double the last valuation. If the deal is reached, ElevenLabs will...
AI unicorn Anthropic raises over $25 billion, valued at $350 billion
Yesterday, US AI super unicorn Anthropic is in the midst of a funding round totaling more than $25 billion (roughly Rs. 174.21 billion), according to a report by the Financial Times. The round is expected to boost its valuation to about $350 billion (roughly Rs. 243.8...
From the bottom to the top: Replit rebounds with AI programming after layoffs, ARR breaks $100 million valuation spike
Today, according to a Bloomberg report, U.S. Vibe Coding (ambient programming) unicorn Replit is about to close a new financing deal, planning to raise about $400 million (about RMB 2.787 billion), and its post-investment valuation may reach about $9 billion (about RMB...
Robotics AI software company Skild AI raises $1.4 billion in funding
Today, U.S. robotics startup Skild AI announced the completion of about $1.4 billion (about 9.76 billion yuan) in Series C financing, with the valuation rising to more than $14 billion (about 97.63 billion yuan), reaching three times what it was seven months ago. The round was led by SoftBank, with NVIDIA...
Apple and Google announce deeper partnership, Siri to receive “Gemini AI Dock”
Starting today, the iPhone's “brain”, will be partially defined by Google. Early this morning, Google and Apple released a joint statement, the two sides reached a multi-year in-depth cooperation on AI services - Apple to rely on Google Gemini and cloud technology to build Apple's base model. Originally in the operating system big...
One billion! Robotics' biggest financing of the opening year is born! Already gathered Ali Byte and other giants
Robot Outlook January 12 news, today, Shenzhen robotics startup Variable Robotics announced that it has recently completed a 1 billion yuan A++ round of financing. This round of financing by Byte Jump, Sequoia China, Beijing Information Industry Development Fund, Shenzhen Venture Capital, Nanshan Battle New Investment, Tin Venture Capital and other top investment organizations and diversified local...
CES explores the top 10 innovations, and I just hate that I don't have a big enough brain!
Yesterday, the first day of the International Consumer Electronics Show CES 2026 came to an end, in addition to those who occupy the headlines of technology giants and star products, we saw the top ten innovative technology exhibits, “fun” has become the key word that they grab the attention of the audience. AI is being integrated into our daily lives at an unprecedented rate, from play...